The Trick to Selling a 17-Foot-Tall Bronze Hare

By

Anna Russell

Oct. 12, 2012 6:38 p.m. ET

How does one sell a sculpted, 16-foot wrought-iron teapot? Christie's hopes the answer lies on a lawn at a Renaissance-style château 50 miles from London, where it's wooing lovers of one of the more unusual—but thriving—art categories: monumental sculpture.

These works break all sorts of rules because they present such huge challenges of transport and display—whether it's the Joana Vasconcelos teapot ("Tea Pavilion") or "Nijinski Hare," Barry Flanagan's 17-foot bronze rabbit in midjump, or a 34-foot...